“The planet today is the battlefield of a 4th world war (the 3rd was the so-called ‘Cold War’). The aim of the belligerents is the conquest of the entire world through the market. The arsenals are financial; there are nevertheless millions of people being maimed or killed every moment… Globalisation is merely the totalitarian extension…
This project is part of Platform’s long-term commitment to support environmental justice struggles at the front lines of oil and gas drilling internationally. BP does not carry out fracking in the UK where it is headquartered, because “it would attract the wrong kind of attention”. But BP, Shell and a host of other companies are…
James works on our project Crude Britannia, using literature, film, theatre & live art to explore how oil has shaped the UK’s economy, politics and culture over the past century. He’s co-author of several books – The Next Gulf (2005), The Oil Road (2012) and Crude Britannia (2021).
Marianne is based in Bristol, where she works on strategic communications for our campaigns across press and digital. She has an arts PhD and a background in research, teaching and editorial work.
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Sustainable Cities Climate change is often described about as a global complex problem – understandable only through parts per million and technical papers. But at Platform we know that climate change is an everyday issue. It’s about the places we live, the structures and systems that shape those places and how we want the future…
Flick is based in Glasgow and grew up up in rural Galloway. She previously worked at Friends of the Earth Scotland on fracking and divestment. She has an MSc in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England where she researched community energy.





